Full Definition of NEGATIVE

b (1): denying a predicate of a subject or a part of a subject <“no A is B” is a negative proposition>(2): denoting the absence or the contradictory of something <nontoxic is a negative term>(3): expressing negation<negative particles such as no and not>

b: marked by features of hostility, withdrawal, or pessimism that hinder or oppose constructive treatment or development <a negative outlook><negative criticism>

c: promoting a person or cause by criticizing or attacking the competition <ran a negative campaign><negative advertising>

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a (1): less than zero and opposite in sign to a positive number that when added to the given number yields zero <−2 is a negative number>(2): having more outgo than income : constituting a loss <negative cash flow><negative worth>

b: extending or generated in a direction opposite to an arbitrarily chosen regular direction or position <negative angle>

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a: being, relating to, or charged with electricity of which the electron is the elementary unit

b: having more electrons than protons <a negative ion>

c (1): having lower electric potential and constituting the part toward which the current flows from the external circuit <the negative pole>(2): being the electron-emitting electrode of an electron tube

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a: not affirming the presence of a condition, substance, or organism suspected to be present; also: having a test result indicating the absence especially of a condition, substance, or organism <she is HIV negative>

b: directed or moving away from a source of stimulation <negative tropism>

c: less than the pressure of the atmosphere <negative pressure>

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: having the light and dark parts in approximately inverse relation to those of the original photographic subject

2negative

noun

: something that is harmful or bad

: a word or statement that means “no” or that expresses a denial or refusal

: an image on film that is used to make a printed photograph and that has light areas where the photograph will be dark and dark areas where the photograph will be light; also : the film that has such an image

Full Definition of NEGATIVE

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a (1): a reply that indicates the withholding of assent :refusal(2)archaic: a right of veto (3)obsolete: an adverse vote :veto

b: a proposition which denies or contradicts another; especially: the one of a pair of propositions in which negation is expressed